SVQ in Painting and Decorating (Construction) at SCQF Level 6 (8175)

It allows candidates to learn, develop and practise the skills required for employment, an apprenticeship and/or career progression in painting and decorating.

Its content covers the following specialist areas:

• erecting and dismantling access/work platforms
• Preparing surfaces for painting and decorating
• Applying paint systems by brush and roller

It also covers a range of optional areas including:

• Hanging wall coverings (including specialist coverings and complex surfaces), and wide-width vinyls
• Producing broken colour effects and stencils designs using pre-cut stencil plates
• Producing comb textured finishes, marbling effects, quality replica grained finishes, and straight grained effects
• Applying metal leaf to surfaces
• Installing coving and decorative mouldings
• Applying coatings by the air and airless spray methods
• Producing quality replica marble finishes

It allows candidates to progress into employment and can lead to a variety of careers in the construction industry, with a focus on painting and decorating. It can also lead onto other SVQ qualifications in the construction trades.

Painters and decorators can have a varied career working on new builds, refurbishments or in specialist areas.

After gaining work experience in the chosen occupational area there are also opportunities to progress into occupational work supervision, management or technical support areas.

To deliver this qualification, new centres will need to gain both centre and qualification approval. Centre staff should familiarise themselves with the structure, content and assessment requirements of this qualification and ensure that they have suitably qualified staff with occupational expertise, and appropriate resources.